In the upcoming week you will be taking the ELA MCAS. In class we have discussed what you might be able to expect based on what previous years of MCAS contained - genres of reading, types of questions, how many selections, how many questions, the types of multiple choice questions, and how to use the open response rubric to your advantage. In theory you are ready!
Each student in our class is an individual person. Your experiences with tests in the past, your personal skills, and your own unique will help you do well on this test. As unique as you each are, and as we have discussed in class, you each need your own plan that helps you to know how you will approach taking this test.
It can be easier to carry out a plan if you can visualize yourself taking the test. Your assignment this week is to create not only create your MCAS Personal Plan of Attack but to also create a comic strip that shows you using that plan.
Directions:
Create a your plan of attack for the MCAS that you've started in class. (Here are some questions to get you started: Will you start at the beginning and work straight through? Will you read the questions before reading the text selections? Will you use open space to brainstorm what you want to say in the open response? Will you code the questions? Will you high light the answers when you find them? How will you check your work? Will you take a break? If so, when? What will you do when you get tired? What will you do if you don't know the meaning of a word?)
Select one of the web sites below. Use it to create your comic.
Get creative with your comic and use it to show how you will use your plan.
Be sure that you use correct spelling and grammar in your comic; it's part of your score.
Save the comic and post it to the bottom of this page. Be sure to put your name above it so that you get credit for your work!
We will print out your comics so that you have your plan to refer back to the day of the MCAS. We will do this in class on the day it is due. You can't have it on your desk while you work but you can look at it before you start.
This assignment is due: Thursday, March 21, 2013 The following are websites you can use to create your comic. Click the icon to visit the site. Remember: do not create a user name and password. It should not be necessary.
How to save and post your work:
Click print but don't actually print - this is to get your comic strip to appear on the screen.
Make sure your screen looks the way you want it to look and that nothing is in the way.
Press the Print Screen button.
Open paint.
Edit - paste.
Then use the crop tool to select what you want to appear in your comic.
Edit (or right click) cut.
Go to file, open. Do not save the old work.
Paste into the new file.
Adjust the white background.
Save as a jpeg or png file.
Now you are ready to post to the wiki.
At the upper, right corner of this page you will see the edit button. Click it.
Scroll down the page until you get to the double line. Click just above that.
Look at the tool bar at the top of your screen. Click the file button.
Choose your saved comic strip and it should post to the wiki.
If it looks the way you want it to then click save. If it doesn't then click cancel.
Example of a comic:
Olivia's MCAS attack comic strip
Emilie Hoffmann
szymon
Ryley
Ashley
Sedona
Lexi's comic of MCAS plan of attack
Julia
Things To Do To Be Prepared For MCAS:
At Home:
Make sure you have any materials you want to bring to school in your backpack and ready to go
Study (try looking up past MCAS sessions)
Go to bed on-time or a little early
Eat a good breakfast before school starts
Get to school on-time or early
Pack your snack - a healthy one
Dress comfortably for the weather
At School The Morning Of:
Eat breakfast if you eat at school
Make sure your materials are ready: hand-held pencil sharpener if you want one, eraser, a book or your writer's notebook with your name on it ready for if you finish early, snack in the snack bin
Focus on being calm
Clear off your desk
Use the bathroom and get a drink
Make sure you've taken anything out of your backpack that you need
Take care of your morning responsibilities
Review your MCAS personal plan of attack
During MCAS:
Use your personal plan of attack
Read everything on every page that you are supposed to do
Work carefully and take your time
Fill in bubbles completely, stay in the lines, and make dark marks
Erase completely
Reread often, find answers in text, have evidence to support your answers
In the upcoming week you will be taking the ELA MCAS. In class we have discussed what you might be able to expect based on what previous years of MCAS contained - genres of reading, types of questions, how many selections, how many questions, the types of multiple choice questions, and how to use the open response rubric to your advantage. In theory you are ready!
Each student in our class is an individual person. Your experiences with tests in the past, your personal skills, and your own unique will help you do well on this test. As unique as you each are, and as we have discussed in class, you each need your own plan that helps you to know how you will approach taking this test.
It can be easier to carry out a plan if you can visualize yourself taking the test. Your assignment this week is to create not only create your MCAS Personal Plan of Attack but to also create a comic strip that shows you using that plan.
Directions:
We will print out your comics so that you have your plan to refer back to the day of the MCAS. We will do this in class on the day it is due. You can't have it on your desk while you work but you can look at it before you start.
This assignment is due: Thursday, March 21, 2013
The following are websites you can use to create your comic. Click the icon to visit the site. Remember: do not create a user name and password. It should not be necessary.
How to save and post your work:
Example of a comic:
Olivia's MCAS attack comic strip
Emilie Hoffmann
szymon
Ryley
Ashley
Sedona
Lexi's comic of MCAS plan of attack
Julia
Things To Do To Be Prepared For MCAS:
At Home:
At School The Morning Of:
During MCAS: